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Nulogy Acquisition of Mingo Smart Factory

Logistics Business Magazine

Nulogy, a provider of manufacturing supply chain solutions, has announced its strategic acquisition of Mingo Smart Factory, a leader in manufacturing productivity technology. Together, Mingo and Nulogy will offer customers even more powerful tools to enhance productivity, reduce waste, and optimise manufacturing operations.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. ” The system was not without its problems, however. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

These tools will become the foundation on which supply chain managers gain insight into their markets and erratic supply and demand trends. And “it’s a great tool,” but there are more sophisticated, more accurate tools to do sourcing. And “it’s a great tool,” but there are more sophisticated, more accurate tools to do sourcing.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

What seems to be meant by many vendors is that their solution is a platform because they offer development tools that allow their customers or partners can use to build extensions to their solutions. Coupa meets this definition. Building a new factory or warehouse takes time and is capital intensive.

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How to Prepare the Next Generation of Manufacturers

GlobalTranz

Automation has already started making its way into the manufacturing industry, but fully robotic automation is definitely the wave of the future. The solution to this problem doesn’t start on the factory floor or even in training — it starts in school. How can we help to prepare the industry for the next generation of manufacturers?

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Pneumatic Tires [Definition, Pros/Cons, Applications, Costs]

Conger

A Toyota diesel forklift with pneumatic tires Let’s start with a pneumatic tire definition. Cushion tires are used on indoor tire forklifts, specifically designed for smooth, flat surfaces like concrete floors, making them well-suited for indoor settings like warehouses and factories. What brought you here in the first place?

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How Business Intelligence drives business performance

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How can you possibly measure downtime, without knowing your Overall Equipment Effectiveness across the factory floor or how can you measure business performance without understanding customer orders and demands? Of course, a top-of-mind consideration for many is that metrics are only as good as the accuracy of your data.